Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-30
LITERARY NOTES

History OF WEST VIRGINIA. in three parts, by
Virgil A. Lewis. Of Mason City, W. Va
Mr.. Virgil A. Lewis who has for some
time been writing valuable HISTORICAL let
ters for the REGISTER, is Publishing 3
History Of Ret Virginia, being a he says
a eomnlete record Of the Little Mountain
State from the eomingo of the hrst pioneers
n 1872. 10 the present time. 1t Is the
only history Of the Commonwealth ever
written and the writer has spared no eIiort
10 make it an authentic record OF tue
State. To secure this end he has spent
much time in the Virginia archives at
Richmond and in addition thereto has care
fuIly examined the official records at near
" one hundred county seats including
tbose At Staunton, Isle Of Wight,
Court House, Hanisonburg, Lexing-
ton Salem, Christiansburg and
SeWbern. At the same time he has had
the assistance Of many Of the Oldest and
best informed men in the NIrglnlas, .
hundred of whom might be named.
Throughout the work will be found hun
dreds of the names and many biographical
notices of these men-men from whom
have descended a large proportion OF the
population of the State now numbering
nearly thTee-quarters of a million. Part
l.. OF the history begins with the hrst set
Elements of the Shenandoah and extends
10 the Revolution; Part ii. extends from
the Revolution to the Civil War, and Part
III. treats Of West Virginia as a separate
Commonwealth. The book will be a yaI
liable addition to the literature OF West
Virginia and will ill a long felt want.
TBEKLA. A STORY OF YIESSEsE MUSICAL LIFE oy
William, Armstrong, OF. wheeling, W: Va
Cloth, - pages. Published oy :. D. LlPpihcOta
&Co, Philadelphia
We have on our desk the book that
Messrs. LippiDcott & Co. have just pub
lished from the pen OF n fellow towns
man, Mr.. William Armstrong. TheSla,
the heroine of the story, Wa an lberStdori
maid possessed of great musical and dra-
matte talent, and was never so happy as
when she was singing amid the woods and
cliffs and streams about her native village.
Her mother being dead, her father, Franz
Hummell, sent her, much against her
wish, to Vienna to study under the mas
tiers in order that he might profit
from QcT AlCuS- 1uClC hN PAS
gres was so great and her dis
position so amiable that she not only sur
passes the Mademoiselle COriolani, the
reigning prima donna of Vienna, but also
ingratiates herself in the heart Of Princess
Weissenberg; Herr Konstantine, a Hunga-
rian officer, and others of the nobility, and
even the emperor. Konstmtine falls
madly in love with her and the attach
ment is mutual, but her desire to crafty
the wishes of her father in winning lame
and wealth as a prima donna, makes her
refuse his offer OF marriage. Thekla, al
most heart broken continues her studies
aud wins greater laurels than ever, but
soon breaks down under the great strain
and is Frustrated with q fever. After long
DAYS of anxiety she o and IN the
meantime inherits \ fortune from America,
pays all the debts her father claims
IRON her and msrrieS Herr
| Ko~nstantine and became the Countess OF
Larisch. The book shows a good picture
of the struggles and trials, the failures and
| the successes of those who enter the field Of
drama and song. There are many M
sentiments and passages in 1t and we doubt
not that not only the many friends OF Mr.
Armstrong will read the book with pleas
ure, but the general public AZ we'll. Mt.
| Armstrong dedicates the volume TO hE
mother.